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“Het Compas”

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Same or very similar names

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Het Compas same name
    Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Oostende · since 1975
  • Het Kompas very similar
    Name of an establishment of Emmaüs · Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Mechelen · since 1971
  • Het Kompas very similar
    Name of an establishment of VACANCES VIVANTES - FORMATION ET LOISIRS DES JEUNES · Youth work associations · Brussel · since 1977
  • HET KOMPAS very similar
    Name of an establishment of Conan · Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 1999
  • Het Kompas very similar
    Vilvoorde · since 2013
  • Het Kompas very similar
    Name of an establishment of MTR Investments · Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2019
  • Compas very similar
    Waimes · since 1990
  • COMPAS very similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1996
  • Compas very similar
    Abbreviation of Compas Europe International · Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2017
  • Compas very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2021
  • COMPAS very similar
    Socio-cultural adult education · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2008
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • HET COMPLEX similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Gent · since 1988
  • Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2019
  • H et CO similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Ittre · since 1994
  • Name of an establishment of HASS-VERLINDEN & Co · Full-service restaurants · Retie · since 2007
  • HET COMITE similar
    Abbreviation of Het Gemeentelijk Feestcomité · Dendermonde · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Psychology services · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · since 2009
  • HETC similar
    Other education · Verlaine · since 2025

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  • We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
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